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N. Korea Calls US President 'Heedless and Erratic Old Man'

Ken Bredemeier

   WASHINGTON - North Korea addressed new insults to U.S. President Donald
   Trump Monday, calling him a "heedless and erratic old man."

   Pyongyang was responding to a Trump tweet saying that "Kim Jong Un is
   too smart and has far too much to lose, everything actually, if he acts
   in a hostile way." Trump added that Kim "does not want to void his
   special relationship with the President of the United States or
   interfere with the U.S. Presidential Election in November."

   Former North Korean nuclear negotiator Kim Yong Chol, said in a
   statement that his country has "nothing more to lose" even though "the
   U.S. may take away anything more from us, it can never remove the
   strong sense of self-respect, might and resentment against the U.S.
   from us.''

   Kim Yong Chol said Trump's tweets clearly show that he is "bereft of
   patience'' and the time may come "when we cannot but call him a
   'dotard' again."

   He leveled accusations that the Trump administration is attempting to
   buy time ahead of an end-of-year deadline set by Kim Jong Un for
   Washington "to salvage the nuclear talks."

   Trump on Sunday warned North Korean leader Kim Jong Un against hostile
   military actions, even as Pyongyang announced it had conducted "a very
   important test" at a satellite launching site.

   "He signed a strong Denuclearization Agreement with me in Singapore,"
   the U.S. leader said. "He does not want to void his special
   relationship with the President of the United States or interfere with
   the U.S. Presidential Election in November. North Korea, under the
   leadership of Kim Jong Un, has tremendous economic potential, but it
   must denuclearize as promised. NATO, China, Russia, Japan, and the
   entire world is unified on this issue!"

     ....with the U.S. Presidential Election in November. North Korea,
     under the leadership of Kim Jong Un, has tremendous economic
     potential, but it must denuclearize as promised. NATO, China,
     Russia, Japan, and the entire world is unified on this issue!
     -- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) [1]December 8, 2019

   Trump's remarks came after North Korea's state media said the test was
   conducted Saturday at the Sohae Satellite Launching Station 7, a
   long-range rocket launching site station in Tongch'ang-ri, a part of
   North Pyongan Province located near the border of China.

   The government-run Korean Central News Agency said the results "will
   have an important effect on changing the strategic position of the DPRK
   once again in the near future," it added, using an acronym for North
   Korea's official name, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. But
   the report did not say what kind of test was performed at the site.

References

   1. https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1203695094949457920?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

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